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Shopkeeper takes on litter louts

A Gloucestershire shopkeeper has cut litter in her village by 40% by taking a ‘name and shame’ approach to the problem.

Yvonne Froud, 52, marks each wrapper, crisp packet and drinks container with the name of the buyer using an indelible marker. Litter louts who drop their rubbish are shown the evidence and temporarily banned from her shop or told to go on a litter-pick, reports the Daily Mirror.

Ollie Williams, eight, said: “I have to put the packet in the bin because it has my name on it.”

The two-week scheme has been so successful Ms Fround says she might extend it to adult shoppers at her post office and stores in Joys Green.

She said: “I was so disgusted by the litter I had to do something about it. Now if we find packets around the village we know who they belong to. I will do it with adults if they start littering too.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .